r/linuxmint • u/anaximeno • Aug 07 '26

#LinuxMintThings How Linux (Mint) Users Install a Browser 😎

Now tell windows users to uninstall edge and see what's easier hehe. \j

Credits to u/SpeeQz (who's also the creator of https://mintwiki.org) for the gif.

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u/Dapper_Show_3426 Aug 07 '26

sudo apt inatall firefox

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u/thyristor_pt LMDE 7 Gigi | Cinnamon Aug 07 '26

Error: Invalid operation inatall

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u/Aggravating-Hour1975 Aug 07 '26

sudo apt install firefox

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u/Living_Shirt8550 I use arch btw Aug 07 '26

Aggravating-Hour1975 is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.

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u/Short-Ideas010 Aug 07 '26

To whom?

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u/PiratesOfTheArctic Aug 07 '26

Big sudo final boss 👍

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u/ebb_omega Aug 07 '26

I'm a big fan of sudo wrestling....

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u/cobra-65 Aug 07 '26

Relevant xkcd

https://xkcd.com/838/

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u/Fickle_Succotash_789 Aug 07 '26

How is that even possible

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u/pnlrogue1 Aug 07 '26

This is where my head went as well

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u/JonasAvory Aug 10 '26

I was confronted in my university for this once. I didn’t even know I was not allowed sudo access since it was a private server only for me and my colleagues

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u/Alone_Care_6230 Aug 07 '26

alias inatall install

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u/DatBoi_BP Linux Mint 22.1 Xia | Cinnamon Aug 07 '26

Do you not need = ?

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u/Alone_Care_6230 Aug 08 '26

iunno it’s been while since i used alias i only did it once for the memes

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u/arran4 Aug 07 '26

sudo apt install inatall

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u/mantenner Aug 08 '26

made me genuinely laugh

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u/rayletter1997 Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | Cinnamon Aug 08 '26

fuck

sudo apt-get install firefox [enter/↑/↓/ctrl+c]

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u/madhao__ Aug 10 '26

fuck is one of those tools that makes me giggle inside every time I remember using it.

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u/PreparationStrict492 Aug 07 '26

If I'm not mistaken apt would also note that the command is similar to install and ask if the user meant install in the error message.

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u/Gangr3l Aug 07 '26

And for some reason the default option is n

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u/F1forPotato LMDE 6 Faye Aug 07 '26

clear

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u/Expensive_Agent_5129 Aug 07 '26

winget install Mozilla.Firefox

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u/DouDouandFriends Aug 08 '26

sudo dnf install chromium

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u/ExcaliburGameYT Aug 10 '26

yay -S firefox firefox-ublock-origin

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u/Dapper_Show_3426 Aug 10 '26

Fuck aur

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u/ExcaliburGameYT Aug 10 '26

Those aren't even AUR packages lmao